id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt davidhume-org-7711 Hume Texts Online .html text/html 75579 3133 62 On the one hand, we see a creature, whose thoughts are not limited by any narrow bounds, either of place or time; who carries his researches into the most distant regions of this globe, and beyond this globe, to the planets and heavenly bodies; looks backward to consider the first origin, at least, the history of human race; casts his eye forward to see the influence of his actions upon posterity, and the judgments which will be formed of his character a thousand years hence; a creature, who traces causes and effects to a great length and intricacy; extracts general principles from particular appearances; improves upon his discoveries; corrects his mistakes; and makes his very errors profitable. ./cache/davidhume-org-7711.html ./txt/davidhume-org-7711.txt